The endorsement of Trump by the Fraternal Order of Police appears to have driven a wedge between many Black cops and their white brothers in blue.
And nowhere is the split more visible than in Philadelphia, where the local FOP chapter has fallen in line and also endorsed Trump over the objections of a group that represents some 2,500 Black officers in the city and which has branded Trump an “outrageous bigot.”
One of the most outspoken leaders is Philadelphia’s head of the Guardian Civic League, Rochelle Bilal, who stressed the autonomy individual police officers have when it comes to casting their votes on November 8 and urged, “The national FOP should have stayed out of this election.”
